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No. 437,585. Patented Sept. 30. 1890.

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PAT NT OFFICE.

GEORGE A. ELLIS, E DETROIT,- MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR To THE AUTOMATIC CIGARSELLER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

COlN-CH UTE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 437,585, datedSeptember 30,1890. V Application filed February 25, 1890- Serial No-341,'723. (No model.)

To (1% whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. ELLIS, of Detroit, in the county of Wayneand State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful 5 Improvement inCoin-Chutes for Coin-Controlled Vending Apparatus, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention consists in an improvement in coin-chutes forcoin-controlled vending apxo paratuses, hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

Figures 1 and 3 are side elevations with the frame of the box in Sectionand with one of the plates which form the side of the coinchute removed.Fig. 2 is a section through the plates which form the walls of thecoin-chute.

A and A represent two plates within the box, which form the walls of thecoin-chute. 13 represents a slit in the frame of the box for receivingthe coin, and 0 represents the chute, into which a coin passes throughslit B. This chute is inclined, preferably, first at an acute angle andthen at a more. obtuse angle, as shown at Figs. 1 and 2, and termi- 2 5nates in an upwardly-inclined end E, between which and the continuationthereof, marked.

G, is an open space, marked 1. The chute G continues downward, usuallyin the reverse direction of the chute O, to economize space, 0 andfinally delivers the coin at the place K, where it is to operate thelocking mechanism of the apparatus.

0, Fig. 3, represents an opening between the chute O and itsupwardly-inclined end E,

3 5 beneath which is placed a deflector F, of light sheet metal, whichthrows out through ahole in plate A anything which falls through theopening 0, thus preventing some objects from reaching theactuating-place K.

Instead of leaving the opening 0, the ar= rangement in Fig. 1 may beadopted, in which Drepresents a section of the chute hinged at point dand counterweighted by the weight D, which is just sufficient to keepthe section D in the position shown in full lines in Fig.

1, but permits it to tilt, as shown in dotted lines, when any objectheavier than the coin for which the machine is intended rests upon thelower end of section D.

H represents a hinged section in that part of the chute in which G is,having a pivot h and weight H, and adapted to operate exactly likesection D.

J represents an upwardly-inclined extension in which chute G terminates,there being a vacant Space J between the end of portion J and the box.

The operation of' my invention is as follows: The chute Cis so arrangedthat a coin of proper size and weight-for example, a nickelin descendingsaid chute has sufficient momentum to leap over the trap O and to climbthe ascent E and fall over its end through its space I into the chute G.As a rule slugs which are made to defraud machines of this class areirregular on their edges, and this retards them, as they will not climbthe ascent as readily as a coin with a true circular outline. Softmetal-such as lead'will not run as easily as a nickel, and the largemajority of such slugs will pass out through the trap C. If a slug ofmetal heavier than a nickel be inserted in the slit B, it will not climbthe ascent E, because of its irregularity, and also because in jumpingthe trap 0 its impetus is checked as it strikes the other edge, but willroll backward down said ascent E and fall through the open trap O or, ifthe arrangement of Fig. lis adopted, will depress the lower end of thehinged section D and fall into the deflector F, by which it is drawneither out of the machine or into a waste-receptacle. A nickel havingpassed the ascent E rolls down the chute Gr, tipping the lower end oftrap H, and passes into the receptacle. If a slug of lighter weight thana nickel be inserted in the slit B, it will some times climb the ascentE and fall into chute G, in which case it passes over the trap I-I, runsup the incline J, and falls into the space J. 0

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is'

1. A coin-chute consisting of the planes 0 and E, separated by a trapand inclined downinclined planes G and J, also separated by a.

trap, substantially as shown and described.

3. In combination with s coin-chute consisting of the inclined planesO'and E and a trap between them, a deflector located be- 10 neath saidtrap, substantially vas shown and described.

GEORGE A. ELLIS. WVit-nesses:

BETHUNE DUFFIELD, GERTRUDE ANDERSON.

